2016 was the year Starbreeze got the full rights to the Payday franchise from 505 Games. Starting from that year they also announced that they would develop Payday 3. Which is now almost 6 years since Payday 3 was announced. Various information related to the project is still quite minimal to know.
Starbreeze said that they did have the intention to release Payday 3. But until now they still haven’t found a publisher who is willing to help them to release the latest series of this franchise. As we all know, Starbreeze’s finances have been very chaotic in recent years.
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Apart from their finances which began to improve for the last year. Even so, they still need a publisher to release the game. To survive, they even do various ways. For those of you who don’t know, they’ve almost gone out of business before for various reasons.
Moreover, Overkill’s The Walking Dead, which should have been a boon for Starbreeze, had to be withdrawn following bad reviews in 2018. They were even willing to sell publishing rights for games like Psychonauts 2 and System Shock 3 in order to survive.
Payday 3 get publisher
In addition, the CFO of Starbreeze – Sebastian Ahlskog was also convicted of human trafficking in 2019. Despite all that, now there is good news coming from the developer. This news will most likely save the Payday franchise and Starbreeze itself from a slump.
It is reported that Starbreeze has officially teamed up with Koch Media for Payday 3 with a figure of 50 million Euros. This fund itself will be used to continue to develop Payday 3 until it is completely ready for release in 2023. Apart from that, there are no details regarding Payday 3 itself so far.
However, this one game is planned to be released for consoles and PCs in 2023. What is your opinion about this? Give your feedback.